Public Service Hearings Set for Monroe on March 13
Louisiana Public Service Commission announced 48 utility cases to be heard in Monroe March 13. Topics include railroad and rail line issues, bridge construction, freight and passenger rates, discontinuance of trains, natural gas and electricity rate rules, and telephone service rate cases affecting Monroe and surrounding towns.
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Terras
Eport Chamber of Commerce
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley Rail Company
State Fair Grounds
C. S
Y. and V. Railroad
Pullman Company
Puisiana
Arkansas Railway
Pany
Vidalia
Packton
Issouri Pacific Railroad Company, Parte
Ger
Iday
Louisiana-Arkansas
Isiana Public Service Commission
Columbia Gas Company, Inc
Railroad Seeks To Reduce Fares Across System
The Nashville and Louisville Railroad seeks permission from the Interstate Commerce Commission to cut passenger fares to two cents per mile across its entire system. The plan, filed Monday, would apply in Illinois Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Georgia Iowa Mississippi and Louisiana. The six month experiment may extend if the commission approves.
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Ashington
Theville and Nashville
Pany
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois
Missouri
Keny
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Connec
Gear
Rambling Notes From Monroe Town Life And Shoppers
An elderly Monroe resident laments that three ten cent stores close together causing a rush of clerks leaving. A tale covers James Gladney and Lyman Gladney, a theft of eggs from a car, and a cook’s breakfast surprise. Piloting lessons for Mrs. Bernard Biedenharn, and a rainstorm day with local notables on Community Shopping Day are also described.
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Monroe
DeSiard Street
Lyman Gladney
James Gladney
South
Louisiana
Lyman
Smith urges federal bond, moratorium and Soviet recognition
Alfred E. Smith, seeking Senate support, urges a federal bond to fund expanded public works, a war debt moratorium to ease foreign limits, and Soviet recognition. He favors state call conventions for prohibition repeal and opposes inflation as a remedy, proposing a consolidated federal transportation system with a national secretary.
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Alfred E. Smith
Senate
E Committee
Congress
Barkley
Kentucky
Smith
National Transportation Committee
Senate cotton relief measure on House floor
Senate cotton relief bill moves to House debate after Speaker Garner overrules Snell. Bankhead argues changing the act to remove Red Cross donated cotton from the pool could ease objections. The plan pools 710000 bales plus 1500000 from the exchange and about 350000 Red Cross bales, with growers offered options to cut 1933 output in exchange for price gains. Continued on Eighth Page.
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Washington
Senate
House
Garner
Snell
Bankhead
Alabama
Agriculture Committee
Rules
Red Cross
Walsh Chosen as New Attorney General for Roosevelt
Hyde Park N Y Feb 28 President elect Roosevelt named Thomas J Walsh of Montana as his attorney general He led the senate inquiry that sent Albert Fall to jail and his selection leaves two cabinet posts to be announced Frances Perkins and Daniel C Roper are expected to follow Walsh’s appointment Walsh is a longtime ally of Roosevelt and was active in judicial and foreign affairs legislation He recently married
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Senator Walsh
Senate
Naval Oil Reserve
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Walsh
Frances Perkins
New York
Daniel C. Roper
South Carolina
William G. McAdoo
Associated Press
Senora Nieves Perez Chaumont de Truffin
Havana
Cuba
Secretary to Ford Said to Be Missing
Clyde Mitchell deputy sheriff Monroe La and Luther Sullivan Terrell city marshal wounded in a gun fight between Louisiana and Texas officers. Both in critical condition at Terrell Hospital after a cafe confrontation sparked by misread suspicions and a license plate dispute. B A Bass and Gerald Brazeale also hurt but not badly. Continued on Eighth Page.
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Terrell
Tex
Louisiana
Texas
Clyde Mitchell
Monroe
Luther Sullivan
Terrell Hospital
B. A. Bass
Campti
Gerald Brazeale
Missing Ford official Ernest Liebold reported to police
Detroit police were informed at 2 a.m. Tuesday that Ernest G. Liebold, longtime general secretary to Henry Ford, is missing. A man claiming to be a Ford official asked for a quiet investigation and no details were available from Liebold's home or the Ford offices in Dearborn. The state police post at Ypsilanti broadcast that Liebold was last seen Monday afternoon after leaving Ford offices.
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Detroit
Ernest G. Liebold
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Liebold
Ford Company
Ypsilanti
Ford
Dearborn
Mayor Cermak’s pneumonia remains stable in Miami
Doctors reported Anton Cermak’s pneumonia in the lower right lung has not worsened since Monday. Oxygen tents failed and an oxygen room six by eight feet will be brought from New York by plane, expected Tuesday night or Wednesday. Doctors noted no spread from the localized consolidation and will not disturb the patient with further examination.
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Miami
Fla
Anton Cermak
New York
Karl Meyer
La Boulaye Named Ambassador Designate to Washington
Andre Lie febvre de La Boulaye, ally of President-elect Roosevelt, is slated to be named ambassador to Washington to replace Paul Claudel. He is chosen to lead talks on a new debt agreement with the United States. an official announcement was expected after Roosevelt’s inauguration. La Boulaye, a former first secretary in Washington, has known Roosevelt since the Wilson era and is an assistant director in France’s foreign affairs ministry.
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Paris
Andre Liefebvre de la Boulaye
Roosevelt
Washington
Paul Claudel
M. la Boulaye
United States
Wilson
Navy
Foreign
Swanson Named Secretary of Navy by Roosevelt
Senator Swanson of Virginia, named secretary of the navy in the Roosevelt administration, met President Hoover on Tuesday and received the president's congratulations on his new post.
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Washington
U.R
Senator Swanson
Virginia
Navy
Roosevelt
Hoover
Wounded Man Refuses To Name His Assailant
New Orleans suburb of Algiers on February 28 28 year old machinist Walter E. Scott remained in critical condition after being shot and thrown from a car early Tuesday He refused to tell police who shot him or identify his attacker though he admitted being in a car before the incident at a isolated highway edge беing brought to a hospital.
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New Orleans
Walter E. Scott
Algiers
Scott
Bachman Named U S Senator From Tennessee
Governor Hill McAlister selects L. Bachman of Chattanooga as United States senator to succeed Cordell Hull who becomes secretary of state. Bachman, a Democrat in his 55th year, has strong Tennessee ties and supports Roosevelt’s Muscle Shoals Tennessee Valley development plan. He previously chaired campaigns for McAlister and helped in 1924 for Lawrence Tyson.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hill McAlister
Than L. Bachman
Chattanooga
Tennessee Supreme Court
United States
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Bachman
Tennessee
Nath
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee Valley
McAlister
Lawrence D. Tyson
Knoxville
Hamilton County
State Supreme Court
Senate
Democrats Schedule Two Primary Dates For Fourth Judicial District
The Democratic executive committee for the fourth judicial district met Tuesday in the Bernhardt building to set dates for two primary elections to select a district attorney. They weighed March 14 and 21 or March 21 and 28, plus a final qualifying deadline around noon Monday or Saturday. The gubernatorial election is set for April 4, leaving limited time for all three elections. The group includes three members from Ouachita and three from Morehouse parishes.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Fourth Judicial District
John Theus, Jr
Bernhardt
O. K. Allen
Democratic Committee
Ouachita Parish
Morehouse Parish
Rogers Has His Say About Recovery Policy
Beverly Hills, February 28. Rogers comments on Mayor Cermak's pneumonia and Midwest financial burdens. He argues Americans should pause debt repayments, questioning reconstruction money for banks and urging payouts as able. He notes global comparisons to Europe and urges self-reliance.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
America
Cermak
Europe
Mardi Gras in New Orleans Delights Amid Rains
Mardi Gras in New Orleans proceeds despite heavy rain. Rex, king of parade, plans a daytime float procession in the afternoon while crowds in downtown streets engage in street dancing and merriment under wet conditions. Jetty arrival signals halt at midnight as carnival activities unfold in a buoyant, rain-soaked celebration.
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Mary Frances Buck
New Orleans
Rex
Jent
Trappers End Stay In Swamps Of State
Fifteen thousand Louisiana trappers completed a three month exile and began returning home as the trapping season closed. The season yielded a smaller catch of muskrats mink and otter than last year, but Louisiana is still viewed as the leading fur producer with about four million dollars brought into the state. The trappers lived in ramshackle huts in the swamps since December 1, spending days in shallow waters and grasses while buyers collected skins.
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New Orleans
U.P
Louisiana
Conservation Department
Japanese Drive to Jehol City Opens Northern Front
Japanese forces seized Shamaoshan pass after a two day battle and advanced toward Lingyuan and Chihfeng in Jehol province. Chinese defenders claim Japanese northern column slows under severe weather as Paishihtsuimen holdouts resist bombardment.
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Associated Press
Shamaoshan
Jehol
Lingyuan
Peipiao
Chaoyang
Chihfeng
Jehol City
Tamiao
China
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Peiping
Paishihtsuimen
Child Loses Life In Auto Accident In Louisiana
The six year old son of Herbert Thompson of Beaumont Texas died when the Thompson car plunged into Bayou Terrebonne in Houma Terrebonne parish during heavy rain. The driver failed to hear officer warnings as the vehicle left a blind street. Mrs Thompson and two other passengers survived with no serious injuries. the child was pulled from the wreckage but could not be revived.
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New Orleans
Herbert Thompson
Beaumont
Tex
Bayou Terrebonne
Houma
Terrebonne Parish
Thompson
Bayou
Senator Howell in Nebraska Still Serious in Washington
Hospital authorities say on Tuesday the condition of Senator Howell of Nebraska who is ill with pneumonia is practically unchanged and still serious.
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Washington
Howell
Nebraska
Police May Withdraw In Denver Kidnapping Case
Denver police chief A T Clark said he may withdraw officers from the Charles Boettcher II kidnapping case to allow the Boettcher family to negotiate directly with abductors. A police post at the Boettcher home was removed after a ransom note dispute and a night meeting with Charles Boettcher Sr. The elder Boettcher had previously sought independent handling of the probe.
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Denver
A. T. Clark
Charles Boettcher
Charles K. Boettcher
Boettcher
Clark
Negatial
Friends of the
Boettchers
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